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# אִתַּי

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H863

**Ithai** — used 9 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

Ithai [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/863/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אִתַּי: n.pr.m. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/863/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (perhaps from אֵת with = companionable)— one of David’s captains, a native of Gath 2 S 15:19, 21, 22(×2); 18:2, 5, 12. one of David’s 30 mighty men, a Benjamite 2 S 23:29 (in 1 Ch 11:31 אִתַי var. אִיתַי).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (12 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Ittai (7); Ithai (1); of Ittai (1).

## In the verses

[1 Chronicles 11:31](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.11.31/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.11.31/#tree)

אִיתַ֣י בֶּן־רִיבַ֗י מִגִּבְעַת֙ בְּנֵ֣י בִנְיָמִ֔ןס בְּנָיָ֖ה הַפִּרְעָתֹנִֽי׃

*Word for word:* Ithai the.son of.Ribai from Gibeah of.the.descendants of.Benjamin Benaiah the Pirathonite

*JPS 1917:* Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite;

[2 Samuel 23:29](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.23.29/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.23.29/#tree)

חֵ֥לֶב בֶּֽן־בַּעֲנָ֖ה הַנְּטֹפָתִ֑יס אִתַּי֙ בֶּן־רִיבַ֔י מִגִּבְעַ֖ת בְּנֵ֥י בִנְיָמִֽן׃ס

*Word for word:* Heleb the.son of.Baanah the Netophathite Ittai the.son of.Ribai from Gibeah of.the.descendants of.Benjamin

*JPS 1917:* Heleb the son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/863.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/863/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).